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Leadership lessons
3 leadership quotes from #rakeshjhunjhunwala which resonate with me the most (not just for investing but anything) [1] Growth comes out of chaosif you are trying to challenge a norm, status-quo it will generate anxiety, and risks of losing a,b,… but only beyond those is the emergence of new norms, opportunities, and growth [2] You do not…
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Real success vs Faux success
Real success is a blend of building character while charting the path of growth – character is integrity, courage, and fairness; one hard to measure – growth is more tangible revenue, wealth, and scale; one easy to measure Without character, it’s a faux success!
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If you can’t find a spouse who supports your career, stay single
Being a 35-year-old, Indian (north, Punjabi), a single woman; I get these questions quite often Why you are still single?How your family allowed you to make such a choice?Is it not difficult to live without a safety net? It is not that I did not try to find a partner for myselfI talked to/met almost…
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Senior leaders too can demonstrate equitable behaviours, one only needs to think, act and live it
I will never forget this interview experience …because it taught me something I never expected from leaders / seniors AND it became core ingredient of my leadership style. Here is why… Like many b-school students, I also aspired to get into consulting. It was my chance to bag one of the highest paid offers with potential…
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Kindness allows us to become a better innovator
I found this article quite resonating – a link between kindness & innovation. It also explicitly calls out that ‘being nice or polite’ is often confused with being kind. Leading with kindness is simplified with 3 simple behaviours:1. Always opt for honesty over politeness2. Don’t just listen, find solutions3. Lead with empathy and compassion I…
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5 steps to break the bias in large corporates
#breakthebias 1. Identify if there is a bias– you will find symptoms across hiring practices, evaluation practices, bonus allocations, how the airtime with decision makers gets allocated, how the day-to-day communication is conducted (are some favoured more? are some interrupted more when they speak?), and many more… 2. Validate the bias– how robust are your…
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Everyone needs that 1 chance; only if as a leader we lean-in
We both dialed for the interview He was casually dressed, holding a drink, and assumed it was going to be a less formal, chit-chat… I take case interviews and these are rather moderately difficult to difficult – one needs some seriousness & preparation to perform well. We did 2 cases, he did okay…I was convinced…
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Difficult conversations open doors to opportunities; only if we allow
She is 11 and being raised by a single parentI asked her mother if she ever had a heart-to-heart conversation with her daughter about her separationAnd, not to my surprise, her answer was ‘No’ because she found it difficultThis was unsettling for me… I decided to have a conversation with herIt was the first time…
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Don’t sell them your ambition so easy!
Growing up as younger one, I had the privilege to observe journey of many elder cousins (mostly sisters) One of my cousin, she was very intelligent and had an ambition to become a DOCTOR Those days (1994/95) there were only 300-400 seats in government medical colleges across India so my cousin could not get through…